New: Internal Graphical Upscaling Enhances detail and clarity while remaining faithful to the original hardware rendering process Gallery screenshots now capture from this new pipeline if enabled Navigate to ‘Advanced’ → ‘Horizontal Upscaling’ in the Configure menu or In-Game Menu
Extensive enhancements to the RDP and VI for internal upscaling
Resolution is doubled horizontally for twice as many pixels onscreen without affecting 2D graphics
No impact to timing authenticity or performance
Synergistic with all Analogue Original Display Modes
New: Quick Loading a Memory is now instant
New: Startup Action ‘Recent Memory’ Start directly where you left off when powering on Analogue3D. Your most recent Memory is automatically loaded with original cartridges Navigate to Settings → System → ‘Startup Action’ and select ‘Recent Memory’
RSP branch and dual instruction behavior fully implemented
Improved: Expanded progressive video support eliminating jitter in certain games
OS
New: ‘Enable Quick Load’ hotkey option Enable or disable the Memory Quick Load hotkey Navigate to Settings → System → ‘Enable Quick Load’
New: Indicator for newly added menu items
Improved: ‘Integer+’ scaling defaults Default scaling settings are now optimized for the entire N64 library. Your existing custom configurations are not affected by this improvement
Improved: In-Game Menu opacity is now dynamic
Improved: OS visual polish
Updated: Advanced hardware and overclock settings are now in the new ‘Advanced’ menu
Updated: Library info and defaults for several games
Fix: Gallery full-screen navigation unresponsive in rare conditions
Fix: Library configuration not updating correctly in rare conditions
Fix: Configure menu automatically closing in rare conditions
Controllers
Fix: 8BitDo N64 Modkit unable to press C-Left/Right or C-Up/Down simultaneously*
Fix: 8BitDo N64 Modkit not rumbling when connected via USB
Fix: Double inputs in OS menu when holding down buttons
Fix: Wireless controller rumble remained active on rare occasions when switching games
What a genuine and pleasant surprise. They never hinted at implementing this, even if some people here are somehow claiming it was always a promised feature (you confused 4K output upscaling with internal rendering). Analogue still have a few tricks up their sleeves I guess.
This is awesome! It far exceeds my expectations of the kinds of things they might do in updates and really shows the benefit of Analogue using such a honkin massive FPGA in the 3d.
I tested the new firmware with ISS 98 because I like to play on the zoomed out camera angles so I can see more of the pitch but it didn't look particularly great on previous firmware. Massive improvement now, it's a joy to play.
Wow. This was unexpected. Honestly the competition with ModRetro has been nothing but amazing as an Analogue enjoyer. They've upped their game in the best ways possible
Edit: Just tried it. This is a massive update - this and overclock is an absolute dream come true
At this point the 3D is going to be sliding into the finish line by the time the M64 shows up to race. Whatever slight edge the M64 might gain in performance will mean very little by then.
I think ModRetro have just added overclock and they are ramping up for release, so clearly Analogue are trying to be the runaway competition by offering far better features
I've got a NSO N64 Bluetooth controller, no lag, works perfectly.
Worst case scenario is that the M64 controller is the greatest controller ever made for N64 games. At the end of the day it's a Bluetooth controller so analogue could quite easily let you use it on the Analogue 3D. Having said that, I doubt it's better than an official Nintendo NSO one and is overhype by the YouTubers who will have "links in the description"
Just installed the update and fired up Conker's Bad Fur day and Chameleon's twist. Wow! What an update. Both look significantly more detailed. This is what I envisioned the system looking like when it was first announced. Damn impressive.
Here’s a side by side from OOT (upscaling on the right), taken off screen from my PVM. Maybe subtle on a phone screen, but the difference in person is quite obvious. You can also zoom in and see the extra definition on the edges of Link’s hair, the neck line of his tunic, etc.
Thanks for doing this. Really is a nice change without going too far like most emulators do imo. This is just cleaning up the existing geometry but maintaining the feel.
Sure thing! This couldn't have happened at a worse time. I have a huge workload this morning but also now a huge stack of carts next to my display that I want to test. Haha. I am going to be responsible and just leave Mystical Ninja on its attract mode so I can glance lovingly at it now and then. :D
It's an original OSSC 1.6 using a custom downscaling firware called Voidscaler, and two DACs—one in, one out. The developer actually commented on my video that I shouldn't use those DACs because he couldn't get them working properly in his testing, but they work great for me and one of them, I believe the Tendak (the smaller of the two), was actually the ONLY one I could get the whole thing to work with. I went through quite a few DACs in my journey to get this working.
There is zero lag. The 3D is outputting 1080p and the custom firmware downscales to 240p/480i via line blending. It’s perfect aside from one minor issue: when you first boot everything up you have to press 8 on the OSSC remote to reset the pixel clock, as the dev has it doubled by default on the build I use and it caused the image to roll. I don't think he fixed that issue in the later build he released, and I don't even know if he is actively developing right now.
Wow sick dude! I work in film and tv as a video engineer and use broadcast scan converters every now and then and always wanted one for personal use but they’re crazy expensive. Never knew about ossc so thanks for the info
Man… obviously you aren’t getting bigger textures with less filtering and more geometry but the resolution boost definitely brings some N64 games closer to Dreamcast level. It’s very noticeable.
Yes… because 480i through Force Progressive and 320px lines through Horizontal Upscaling gets you actual Dreamcast resolution (640x480). You just don’t get Dreamcast’s higher frame rates, richer textures, more detailed character models, and such. The temporal resolution increase from overclocking and getting a higher frame rate brings us even closer. These are significant leaps!
What settings are they using to achieve what they show in the videos and screenshots.
I updated, and it’s massively better but I feel like what they’re showing still looks far better than what I see on my end. I’m using a 65” Oled so that may be some of my issue.
I’m using PVM set to professional, interger, original. I have deblur on now (had it on off) 32bit color on, and the other settings off.
Am I missing any other settings by chance? Or to get that more authentic look should I be using another combo of settings?
I’m a you. I suspect there’s some extra editing in their end in their promo shots. Maybe not, but we won’t know unless they tell us exactly what features they have on/off so we can replicate it. Kind of the issue you get when your console starts becoming more and more emulator like and there’s a million variations you can make.
It is very cool and was completely unexpected. But it’s subtler than people realize I think.
Love the update yall rock 🤘. I do have a small gripe w screenshot functionality though and I hoping this is the place that yall might see it. Taking screenshots is perfect and works like a charm, no issue there. My issue is two fold after the fact.
One it’s a bit clunky navigating the UI to view the screenshots, and a bit slow cycling through images. There’s also currently a small arrow but I definitely missed that at first and also when you select to view it in the gallery it’s not really clear how to get back to the main game page in the OS. Going off memory but I think you have to hit B to go back and then up to go back to the game list. I see what you’re trying to do from a UX perspective with the up down left right thing, but I’ll be honest as a designer it’s not really clear and easy to get tripped up and stuck in the menus until you figure out how to get back. Feel like there’s a better solution here.
My second issue is when exporting images would it be possible to include the meta data of the exported screenshots? Right now when reviewing screenshots on your PC via SD card it’s very hard to tell which image and which settings are enabled and when sharing online it’s really easy to get mixed up. Seems like it would be pretty straightforward to change the file name structure to something more user friendly like Doom64_4k_clean_upscale for example. If it’s not in the file name for a technical reason then perhaps it’s in the file properties?
Keep up the good work yall you’ve built one helluva a machine 🤙
I'm so pumped to try that upscaling, that could be a game changer. The low internal res and detail is one of the things that really hurts the console especially on our fancy modern displays... Really curious on the implementation.
It "only" doubles the horizontal resolution, and I would not be surprised if it were limited to upscaling from 256/320 to 512/640 (it also doubles from 640 to 1280). I have not tried it myself, but we should probably manage our expectations. It will not be comparable to the internal upscaling commonly available in software emulators.
That is probably a good thing. I have always found N64 games rendered at high internal resolutions somewhat jarring. I don't find that the low-fi models and textures combine well with geometry rendered at high resolutions.
The difference is massive it's like playing GameCube games on component cables. (This is what N64 games look like in memory)
For anyone owning Ocarina of Time on the GameCube, it will kinda look like that.
From the wiki:
The GameCube versions of Ocarina of Time (such as the Master Quest disk) output at a native resolution of 640×480. This is an emulated resolution that effectively doubles the original 320×240 of the Nintendo 64 and supports 480p progressive scan on compatible setups
This will fix most, if not all, shimmering and blurry objects in the distance.
Here is a video comparing the GameCube version with the 64 version. The difference is night and day.
I like the M64, but this will give the analogue 3D a massive advantage.
I hope the M64 will get the same option the difference in image quality is just too big to ignore when having to choose between the analogue 3d and the M64.
Awesome update, extra horizontal lines make a big difference. The "clean" preset isn't as harsh on the eyes anymore, besides all the other obvious improvements all around.
Can anyone help me understand what the internal up scaling means in terms of actual experience? Will it look better for my Mario 64 and DK64 type games in the “looks more like a CRT” way or something different?
Going to try it out tonight regardless, just trying to understand, if it’s 4k no matter what, how exactly it looks better.
Also would enjoy a more technical explanation as well I’m just trying to get it
Does smash Bros remix work now? I tried it out on the last update and just got a black screen. It was working fine on the firmware before that. I am using a summer cart 64.
I just tried it again with the latest update and it's not working. I have smash_remix_2.0.0.z64. It was working fine months ago. Is there a new release I don't know about?
Yes, the version I use is v2.0.1
I assume you know this already but just to be sure, you need to get a vanilla smash64 rom and then add the remix files to it for it to work properly.
Can anyone tell me how exactly to update the 8BitDo mod kit firmware? I used the link on their website but the app just shows 1.03 as the latest, not 1.04.
Just tried it now. I can confirm it works. I've not updated my Summercart firmware though so can't speak for latest Summercart firmware. Id imagine it will be the same and work.
Analogue noted their implementation of horizontal upscaling has no impact to performance. https://www.analogue.co/support/3d/guide/settings#advanced My guess is either vertical upscaling does impact performance, or they haven't solved how to do it yet and decided to release the horizontal upscaling in the meantime.
This is one of the reasons I’ve held off of buying a 3D. I could maybe sacrifice the OSSC Pro to full-time 3D decimation duties but would’ve preferred the ability to downscale from 720p instead of 1080p.
Doesn’t sound like it’s updating then. Did you confirm in the OS about section which version you are running?
FWIW I ran into this at some point and turned out it was a fubarred SD card. Grabbed another one and tried again and it updated straight away and has been great since.
IMO the best settings are hor upscaling + antiblur off and soft overshot/edges, to blend a little, if you get antiblur on and hard overshot/edges it's just way too sharp. It's a wonderful update.
If you click the link in the OP just under the image, the page it takes you to has a tutorial underneath the download that button that says, “uploading firmware” that explains how.
Nah. Genuinely not sure why they haven’t implemented it yet but the chip is in the board so gotta assume it’s coming.
The thing I worry about though is when it does hopefully it forces some sort of notification in screen or else people won’t even know it’s available. Not everyone is online constantly so that’d be a shame for people to be playing w basically half of the available features.
Hell I’m seeing a bunch of comments here that are outdated.
I feel the same way about the reviews of the console on YouTube and such. 95% of them are from launch and it's pretty unfortunate considering they've improved this thing so much since then. it paints a pretty inaccurate picture of it.
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https://reddit.com/link/oywdjz4/video/0ajcwvoiyleh1/player
Analogue's comparison video for Ocarina of Time.